Chimpanzees

All chimps belong to a big group of animals called Primates.

Chimpanzee are smaller than gorillas. Click here for more on gorillas!




Bodies
Adult chimp faces are darker than the babies and juveniles.

Their upper back muscles are 10 times stronger than people so they can swing in the trees.

They can also travel on the ground. Most chimpanzees like to walk on their knuckles and use their strong arms.

Chimps can weigh up to 175 pounds.

They can live for 45-50 years.



Habitat
Chimpanzee live in the rain forest.



They live in Western Africa.

Chimps sleep in trees.

Diet
Chimpanzees eat insects, nuts, and leaves.






Taking Care of Each Other
A group of chimps is called a community.

Chimpanzees like to be with each other. .

All chimpanzees are social. Social means they like to be with other chimps.

They wrestle and chase each other and tickle each other.

They can make loud noises.



The word preening means 'to clean'. Chimps do this when they pick bugs off of each other.

Babies

Baby chimps live with their family for 5 years.

First, baby chimps ride on their mom's belly. Then they ride on her back.Click here for video!
Gorillas do this, too. Click here for video!

Chimp mom's protect their baby.

Chimps have a relationship with their mom for their whole life.

Baby chimpanzees learn stuff from their mother.

Sometimes mom chimps let the babies get lost on purpose so they can learn. Click here for video!

Chimp moms can be taxis because they carry their babies all the time.

Other Facts
Chimpanzee can live over 45 years.

Pygmy chimpanzees are very chatty.

Monkeys scream at chimpanzees.

Chimps swing on branches.

Chimps lick the grass to make it sticky.

Chimpanzees do termite fishing they use grass as tools to get termites.

Jane goodall was 1st to discover that chimps use tools like people do.

Chimpanzees have simple tools.

Sources
We did research online with onekey and go.grolier.com. We also researched in books and magazines.